Is Navalny a Martyr or a Pawn?
2024-02-20
Alexei Navalny, the main political rival to Vladimir Putin, died suddenly in prison Friday. Western political leaders blame Putin, but what did he have to gain from turning Navalny into a martyr?
SciFriday: Pharmakeia, Portals, and Virtual Sin
2022-11-04
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY are creating new ways for us to engage with the unseen realm. We discuss the use of pharmaceuticals to ease depression, manage pain, and treat psychosis, which may actually make problems worse by opening gateways to entities who want to cause harm. In the same way, augmentedContinue Reading
Deeper Causes of Russo-Ukrainian War
2022-02-28
Looking beyond the geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West, why did Western liberals suddenly develop an intense hatred of Russia over the last ten years?Continue Reading
Anti-Putin Propaganda Hits Fever Pitch
2022-02-22
The Biden administration claims that Russia is planning an “extremely violent” invasion of Ukraine, which would be followed by a roundup of LGBTQI+ persons. This sounds like propaganda that preceded other recent American military interventions.Continue Reading
Can Europe Do Without Russian Gas?
2022-01-31
President Biden has threatened to cancel the already-completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine. It’s not clear how he’ll do that, but the bigger question is whether Europe can give up 1/3 of its energy supply in the middle of winter.Continue Reading
The Friday Five – Omicron Night Terrors
2022-01-28
A growing number of people report an odd symptom of the Omicron variant of SARS-2: Night terrors. Experts blame disrupted sleep cycles, but it sounds (literally) demonic.Continue Reading
California Drops School Prayer—to Aztec God of Human Sacrifice
2022-01-24
California’s Department of Education is removing religious chants to Aztec gods from its ethnic studies curriculum after a lawsuit by parents. The chants invoked various deities from the Aztec pantheon, including the god of human sacrifice.Continue Reading